Description of problem:
Mono uses Obsoletes and Provide tags after the %description tag, which show up
in the description instead of fulfilling their intended use, namely:
Obsoletes: mono-basic
Provides: mono-basic
(for mono-core) and:
Obsoletes: mono-devtools
Provides: mono-devtools
(for mono-devel).
Moreover, using Obsoletes/Provides for mono-basic is wrong. This is now a
separate upstream package, so it is not actually included in mono-core. Thus,
mono-core definitely shouldn't Provide it. The Obsoletes should also be
versioned (i.e. Obsoletes: mono-basic < 1.1.17.1) so mono-basic can be
packaged into Extras or similar repositories.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.1.17.1-3.fc6
How reproducible:
Always.
Steps to Reproduce:
N/A
Actual results:
RPM tags in the description.
Expected results:
RPM tags are interpreted by RPM.
Additional info:
N/A

So, the mono-devtools thing is a transient and should be removed.
The mono-basic part should just be removed and handled by the extras package.
Fortunately the error in placement makes these not efficient, so this is more of
a cosmetic bug than an actual bug, so no need for an FC6 update.

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